Curtain-fixture.



No. 776,310. PATENTED DEC. 6, 1904;.

W. H. SMALLEY.

CURTAIN FIXTURE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 16, 1904.

N0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented December 6, 1904.

IVILLIAM II. S MALLEY, OF WVELLSVILLE, OHIO.

CURTAlN-FlXTUFiE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 776,810, dated December 6, 1904.

Application filed June 16, 1904. Serial No. 212,801. (No model.)

T at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. SMALLEY, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Wellsville, in'the county of Golumbiana and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curtain-Fixtures,

of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings. I

This invention has relation to curtain-fixtures, and has for its object to provide a fixture upon which a curtain-pole and a shaderoller are adapted to be supported.

Another object of my invention is to provide a fixture of this type which may be easily clamped upon window-frames in sucha manner that the same may be readily detached when desired without disfiguring the frame of the window, and I have so constructed my improved fixture whereby the same will be comparatively inexpensive to manufacture, strong and durable, and highly eflicient when used for the purposes above described.

The above construction will be hereinafter more fully described, and in describing the invention in detail reference will be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this application, wherein like numerals of reference indicate like parts throughout both views, in which" 7 Figure 1 is a detail perspective view of my improved fixture; and Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same, showing a pole and curtain shade roller supported therein.

Referring to the drawings accompanying this application, the reference-numeral 1 indicates the frame of a window, which is shown in dotted lines, and it is upon the upper and lower edges of this frame that I clamp my improved curtain-fixture. This curtain-fixture consists of a piece of wire which is bent upon itself, as indicated at 2, to form a double loop,

the two ends of said wire being bent upwardly at right angles to the loop portion thereof, the one end of said wire being bent to form a loop 3, in which the end 4: of the curtain or shade roller 5 is adapted to be supported. The two ends of the wire are then twisted together, as indicated at 6, and bent around to form a loop 7, both strands of the wire being separated to span theportion 8 of the wire, and are bent inwardly again, as indicated at 9, and twisted together, as designated by the reference-numeral 10, after which they are bent upwardly, as indicated at 11. The ends of the wire are then bent upwardly at right angles, as indicated at 12, then outwardly, as indicated at 14, on a line parallel to the outwardly-bent portion 11, the ends of said wire being again bent downwardly, as indicated at 15, to form prongs which are adapted to engage in the top of the frame 1, while the loop end 2 of the fixture is adapted to engage the under face 16 of the frame 1. r

In the loop portion 7 of the fixture is adapted to be supported the curtain-pole 17, which is of the ordinary construction, and has on its end any desired ornamentation such as a ball 18. Upon the curtain-pole 17 and the shade-roller 5 having been secured in their respective fixtures the ends 14. and 2 of the fixture are sprung apart to engage the top and lower edges of the frame. This movement namely, the spreading of the two ends-causes the loop 7 to firmly grip the eurtain-pole17 and firmly hold the same in position.

While I have herein shown only one of the fixtures, it will be noted that two of these fixtures are employed upon a window-frame and that any number of said fixtures may be used to support a curtain-pole similar to the curtain-pole 17, and it will be observed from the drawings that by the improved construction of my curtain-fixture the same may be readily adjusted upon the window-frame to support any desired length of curtain-pole or curtainshade roller.

What I claim is- 1. A fixture of the type described, consisting of a piece of wire doubled andbent upon itself to form a curtain-pole-receivingsloop and having in one of its strands a loop to receive a short roller-pintle, and said doubled wire having its ends bent to engage a windowframe, substantially as described.

2. A fixture of the characterdescribed, comprising a double piece of wire bent upon itself to form a loop with double strands, two of said strands being within the'other two strands,

of wire being twisted together and bent upon themselves to form a loop, said strands being again twisted together and bent downwardly at angles to form prongs, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM H. SMALLEY. Witnesses:

CHAS. BOYD, DAVID C. THOMAS. 

